ON THE ABOVE
As long as ere the life-blood's running,
Say, what can stop a Punster's punning?
He dares bepun even thee, O Death!
To punish him, Stop thou his breath.
? 1800. Now first published from MS.
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EPITAPH
ON A BAD MAN
Of him that in this gorgeous tomb doth lie,
This sad brief tale is all that Truth can give—
He lived like one who never thought to die,
He died like one who dared not hope to live![961:1]
First published in Morning Post, Sept. 22, 1801. First collected P. and D. W., 1877, ii. 168.
